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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 25 — Dec. 3, 2012
  • pp: 27410–27419

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Refractive index-modified structures in glass written by 266nm fs laser pulses

Ali Saliminia, Jean-Philippe Bérubé, and Réal Vallée  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 25, pp. 27410-27419 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.027410


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Abstract

We demonstrate the inscription of embedded waveguides, anti-waveguides and Bragg gratings by use of intense femtosecond (fs) UV laser pulses at 266nm in pure fused silica, and for the first time, in bulk fused quartz and ZBLAN glasses. The magnitude of induced index changes, depends, besides pulse energy and translation speed, largely on writing depth and varies from ~10−4 for smooth modifications to ~10−3 for damaged structures. The obtained results are promising as they present the feasibility of fabrication of short (< 0.2μm) period first-order fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) for applications such as in realization of all-fiber lasers operating at short wavelengths.

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OCIS Codes
(160.2750) Materials : Glass and other amorphous materials
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers

ToC Category:
Laser Microfabrication

History
Original Manuscript: September 18, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: November 4, 2012
Published: November 26, 2012

Citation
Ali Saliminia, Jean-Philippe Bérubé, and Réal Vallée, "Refractive index-modified structures in glass written by 266nm fs laser pulses," Opt. Express 20, 27410-27419 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-25-27410


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